The Nature of Sense Making in Parenting a Child with Asperger Syndrome

Autor/inn/en	Samios, Christina; Pakenham, Kenneth I.; Sofronoff, Kate
Titel	The Nature of Sense Making in Parenting a Child with Asperger Syndrome
Quelle	In: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2 (2008) 3, S.516-532 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1750-9467
DOI	10.1016/j.rasd.2007.10.003
Schlagwörter	Attribution Theory; Asperger Syndrome; Questionnaires; Parents; Depression (Psychology); Child Rearing; Test Construction; Correlation; Adjustment (to Environment); Religious Factors; Attitude Change; Psychometrics; Anxiety + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Asperger-Syndrom; Fragebogen; Eltern; Kindererziehung; Testaufbau; Korrelation; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Angst
Abstract	The present study examined the nature of sense making in 218 parents who have a child with Asperger syndrome (AS) by developing and validating a multi-item sense making scale for parents of children with AS (SMS-PCAS) and examined the relationships between sense making dimensions and both positive and negative adjustment outcomes. Two hundred and eighteen parents of children with AS completed questionnaires at Time 1 and 12 months later (Time 2). Exploratory factor analyses identified six sense making factors: spiritual perspective, causal attributions, changed perspective, identification, reframing, and luck/fate. All of the factors were psychometrically sound. Cross-sectional regression analyses indicated that the SMS-PCAS factors accounted for significant portions of variance in Time 1 depression, anxiety and positive affect. Sense making factors did not account for significant portions of variance in Time 2 adjustment variables after controlling for Time 1 adjustment and relevant demographics. Results provide support for the multi-dimensional nature of sense making and the differential relationships between sense making dimensions and adjustment outcomes. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10